In June of 1969, the original Jimi Hendrix Experience, the band that introduced the sixties to its reigning guitar god, disbanded for good with the departure of Noel Redding following a messy Denver Pop Festival appearance.

7 unpublished photographs of Jimi Hendrix playing guitar and 8 string bass on a session with Curtis Knight and his band July, 1967. Hendrix's performances

In his electrifying biography of Jimi Hendrix, PHILIP NORMAN has charted the rock star's extraordinary rise to fame - and examined the mysterious circumstances of his death at just 27.

circa 1968, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, l-r, Noel Redding, Jimi Hendrix and Mitch Mitchell.